Wanderer of Time: Silence Begins (doctor who)

Chapter 21: Evolution

Wanda sat next to Martha and Tallulah by a campfire in Hooverville. She gazed into the fire thoughtfully as she listened to the Doctor try and convince Solomon to lead his people out of the community to somewhere far, far away. To some place where the people could be safe from the Daleks and their experiments. The Doctor knew if he could get convince Solomon to leave, then the rest of the community would follow. But the man refused. Stating that Hooverville was their home, and they would stay. Besides, the man had hopes that they may be able to reason with the Daleks. Believing there was a good chance they could bring peace to the situation.

Wanda sighed, listening to the group argue about their plans of action. She knew it would be futile. Even if Solomon and everyone in Hooverville did run, the Daleks had already succeeded in gathering up enough humans for their experiments. The Daleks only now pursued them for the Doctor, wanting to exterminate the Time Lord. Now, they only had seconds before the pig slave army arrived with a Dalek right behind them.

The fire continued to crackle away by her feet as she gazed quietly into the dancing flames. What had happened back there . . . what had been said . . . she felt at a loss. She had no clue as to what Dalek Sec meant when he said 'escaped the slaughter and wrath of the Wanderer.' Did this have something to do with what the Doctor refused to tell her about? About what made him so fearful of her? So fearful of what happened at Torchwood? All she could think of was that perhaps somehow whatever lived inside of her must have broken loose on that day. It must have been . . . dreadful from the Doctor's reactions and behavior upon simply mentioning the occurrence. What could have possibly been done on that day?

She stiffened when she heard the distant whistle being blown. She would have to think more upon this later. For now, she had to prepare herself for what was to come. The Daleks and the pig slaves were attacking now.

"It's them! They're here!" Wanda shouted as she shot up from her seat, getting everyone's attention. People began to panic when the sentry confirmed this when he screamed of the pig creatures advancing. All the people rushed around to gather up the guns and other weapons they had collected.

Solomon organized the masses, getting them ready for battle. A few number of people took off, not wishing to fight the horrid creatures. They could hear theses people screaming off in the distance. The pig slaves had caught them. The Doctor quickly grabbed Wanda and Martha, pulling them both back from the fight. He made certain that both stayed in the middle of the large group around them.

Wanda gasped when the guns started to fire. She closed her eyes to the sight of one of the pig creatures dropping to the ground in a heap. Even though they were more animal now than human, they had still been people once. Innocent people who were just victims to the Daleks' cruel nature. She only hoped that the once people were long gone. That they were not trapped within the pig bodies and screaming to be released. She also hoped that, maybe, they might find some peace once they passed on.

The Doctor moved Wanda behind him when he saw a Dalek flying through the air towards them. He knew the likely hood of the Cult of Skaro recognizing this Wanda was slim. But he did not want to take the chances. The people around stopped firing and gaze up in astonishment to the sight of the Dalek descending upon them. It hovered above, staring down at them. Frank tried to shoot it, but the bullet merely bounced off. The Doctor quickly made him aim the gun away. Not wanting the young man to be killed by the Dalek.

Another Dalek came up beside the first, hovering in the air as well. It swooped down, firing at a structure of the community. Everyone within the town who were not a part of the firing group scattered and screamed in fright as the small makeshift building exploded into fire. The Daleks continued to fire, destroying many buildings and killing people all around them. Wanda gasped in horror when she saw a little boy almost fall victim to the Dalek beam. But luckily he dodged out of the way in time with the help of a little girl who came out of nowhere. Wanda watched as the girl with messy brown hair grabbed the boy and led him off to a safer direction. The girl glanced over her shoulder, allowing Wanda to briefly see a pair of brown eyes before the two children disappeared around a building as more destruction rain around them.